The Shahnameh (also known as "The Book of Kings") is an epic poem, first created by the persian poet Ferdowsi (Hakīm Abu'l-Qāsim Ferdowsī Tūsī). It took him a period of three decades to finish up the book, he started in 977 A.D. and it was completed March 8, 1010 CE. Its initial purpose was to show the history of the pre-Islamic kings of Iran through about 60,000 verses and consists of both mythical and historical information. The history was chronicled from primordial times up until the 7th century. The Shahnameh was broken into three major sections: The Mythical, The Heroic, and The Historic.
The Mythical:
The shortest section of the book. consists of 2,100 verses (four percent) from the book. It showed Ferdosi's perception of the creation of the world.
The Heroic:
Nearly two-thirds of the Shahnameh is occupied by stories of historical heroes. Stories include the conquest of Alexander The Great
The Historic:
Mentions the Arsacid dynasty that follows the reign of Alexander
A battle between Iran and Turan during the reign of Kay Khusraw
The Message:
Ferdowsi intended to show the reader that it was important to learn from the past, in order to improve the present and shape a better future. Their was a deeper meaning of life to Ferdowsi. He also stressed the importance of moral values such as honor, truth, and justice; and avoiding evils such as cruelty, and lying because he believed that the world would not last forever.
The Shahnameh, Book of Kings, is an epic composed by the Iranian poet Hakim Abul-Qasim Mansur (later known as Ferdowsi Tusi), and completed around 1010 CE.The epic chronicles the legends and histories of Iranian (Aryan) kings from primordial times to the Arab conquest of Iran in the 7th century CE, in three successive stages: the mythical, the heroiclegendary, and the historic.
Ferdowsi means 'from paradise', and is derived from the name Ferdous.
Tusi means 'from Tus'. In the poet's case, the name Ferdowsi Tusi became a name and a title: The Tusi Poet from Paradise.
Short Summary Story of Rostam and Soharb
Rostam and Sohrab is a tragic story of how father and son are separated for the majority of the son's life only to be reunited during the war between Iran and Turan. The circumstances that take a sad turn and end in the death of Sohrab. There is great irony in this tragic poem as Rostam kills his son in battle. Unfortunately for both Rostam and Sohrab they do not realize they are father and son until Sohrab had been fatally wounded. The death of Sohrab is an outcome that people do nont expect to see. Most stories similar to this result in the son killing the father, not vice versa. This goes against our traditional beliefs that the son normally kills the father at the end of a play. It is sad to see the two reuniting under these circumstances not even knowing the true identity of eachother until it is too late. This tragedy may have been avoided had they know they were father and son in the beginning of battle.
The epic chronicles the legends and histories of Iranian (Aryan) kings from primordial times to the Arab conquest of Iran in the 7th century CE, in three successive stages: the mythical, the heroic or legendary, and the historic.
The Shahnameh
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The Shahnameh (also known as "The Book of Kings") is an epic poem, first created by the persian poet Ferdowsi (Hakīm Abu'l-Qāsim Ferdowsī Tūsī). It took him a period of three decades to finish up the book, he started in 977 A.D. and it was completed March 8, 1010 CE. Its initial purpose was to show the history of the pre-Islamic kings of Iran through about 60,000 verses and consists of both mythical and historical information. The history was chronicled from primordial times up until the 7th century. The Shahnameh was broken into three major sections: The Mythical, The Heroic, and The Historic.
The shortest section of the book. consists of 2,100 verses (four percent) from the book. It showed Ferdosi's perception of the creation of the world.
The Heroic:
Nearly two-thirds of the Shahnameh is occupied by stories of historical heroes. Stories include the conquest of Alexander The Great
The Historic:
Mentions the Arsacid dynasty that follows the reign of Alexander
The Message:
Ferdowsi intended to show the reader that it was important to learn from the past, in order to improve the present and shape a better future. Their was a deeper meaning of life to Ferdowsi. He also stressed the importance of moral values such as honor, truth, and justice; and avoiding evils such as cruelty, and lying because he believed that the world would not last forever.
Ferdowsi means 'from paradise', and is derived from the name Ferdous.
Tusi means 'from Tus'. In the poet's case, the name Ferdowsi Tusi became a name and a title: The Tusi Poet from Paradise.
Short Summary Story of Rostam and Soharb
Rostam and Sohrab is a tragic story of how father and son are separated for the majority of the son's life only to be reunited during the war between Iran and Turan. The circumstances that take a sad turn and end in the death of Sohrab. There is great irony in this tragic poem as Rostam kills his son in battle. Unfortunately for both Rostam and Sohrab they do not realize they are father and son until Sohrab had been fatally wounded. The death of Sohrab is an outcome that people do nont expect to see. Most stories similar to this result in the son killing the father, not vice versa. This goes against our traditional beliefs that the son normally kills the father at the end of a play. It is sad to see the two reuniting under these circumstances not even knowing the true identity of eachother until it is too late. This tragedy may have been avoided had they know they were father and son in the beginning of battle.
The epic chronicles the legends and histories of Iranian (Aryan) kings from primordial times to the Arab conquest of Iran in the 7th century CE, in three successive stages: the mythical, the heroic or legendary, and the historic.
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